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She was as sated with him as he was tired of her. Emma had rediscovered in adultery all the banality of marriage.

She was as sated with him as he was tired of her. Emma had rediscovered in adultery all the banality of marriage.

Approximate author period: c. 1850 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
Gustave Flaubert
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1850 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1821 to 1880; Wikidata Q43444, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43444 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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